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Kya Dilli Kya Lahore movie review: A cross-border message in a battle

KDKL makes us uncomfortable without pointing accusing fingers at either side.Film: "Kya Dilli Kya Lahore"; Cast: Vijay Raaz and Manu Rishi; Director: Vijay Raaz; Rating: ***1/2There's something to be said about a film that takes



There are some extremely squirmy references to bodies being transported from both ends. When Manu Rishi conversationally asks a Vijay Raaz about his parents, he replies: "You people cut my mother into pieces and sent her across."

Ouch to that.

This is as good a place as any to say Vijay Raaz gives a performance that makes the Pakistani soldier look brave yet frail, cruel yet compassionate, cynical and still unspoilt or jaded. He brings to the rugged terrain a history of tears and bloodshed without plunging his solidier's character into self-pity.